Extech Instruments Launches BRD10 Wireless USB Video Receiver

Test and measurement applications are a necessary feature in almost every industry, and at times it becomes vital to transmit the data to remotely located teams or colleagues in order to maintain smooth connectivity for increasing the overall productivity.

Extech Instruments, a provider of handheld test and measurement tools, has announced a new video receiver named BRD10 Wireless USB Video Receiver. It will allow the users to inspect video streaming over the web in real-time through a number of web-based services such as Skype (News - Alert), WebEx and UStream.

A wholly owned subsidiary of FLIR Systems, Inc., the company is based in Nashua, NH; and offers a wide variety of enhanced testers and meters for electrical, HVAC, building/restoration purposes. Additionally, it also develops environmental testers for measuring sound, light, humidity and other factors.

With the help of Extech Instruments’ BRD10 Wireles USB Video Receiver, enterprise can seamlessly attach its borescope video to inspect a large number of sites. The device can also be of great help in running virtual technical training, continuing education programs, HVAC and refrigeration, electrical, automotive, energy auditing, pest control and virtual/online universities.

Offering seamless compatibility to the well known web-based video calling services such as Skype, Cisco WebEx, Microsoft (News - Alert) Office Live Meeting as well as videostreaming services like DaCast, TwitchTV, VOKLE, TinyChat and uStream; the BRD10 Wireles USB Video Receiver doesn’t require any A/V or VOIP cables or devices to be attached to it.

Weighing just 21gms, the light BRD10 Wireless USB Video Receiver is almost the size of a USB memory stick and is equipped with a software application that enables the users to modify various video properties such as brightness, contrast, hue, saturation, frame rate and output size in megapixels. Supporting the Windows XP, Vista and 7 operating systems, the BRD10 wireless USB receiver features a variety of extension cable probes and handsets to offer more options and functionalities than the well known BR200/BR250 video borescopes and HDV600 videoscope line provided by Extech Instruments.

In October 2010, Extech Instruments announced that its Extech EX540 wireless digital multimeter and datalogger had been awarded a 2010 NECA Blue Ribbon Showstopper Award. The award was given to exemplary products exhibited at the 2010 NECA Show held October 2-5, 2010 in Boston, Massachusetts.